LSU Law School

The Paul M. Hebert Law Center is a law school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, part of the Louisiana State University System and located on the main campus of Louisiana State University. Because Louisiana is a civil law state, unlike its 49 common law sister states, the curriculum includes both civil law and common law courses, requiring 97 hours for graduation, the most in the United States. In the Fall of 2002, the LSU Law Center became the sole United States law school, and only one of two law schools in the Western Hemisphere, offering a course of study leading to the simultaneous conferring of a J.D. (Juris Doctor), which is the normal first degree in American law schools, and a B.C.L. (Bachelor of Civil Law), which recognizes the training its students receive in both the Common and the Civil Law. The Paul M. Hebert Law Center is unique among university-affiliated law schools because it is an autonomous campus of, rather than a dependent college of, its larger university. This structure has been criticized for impeding the development of joint degree programs and indirectly lowering the university's rankings due to a lowering of aggregate aid to the university system. Its designation as a Law Center, rather than Law School, derives not only from its campus status but from the centralization on its campus of J.D. and post-J.D. programs, foreign and graduate programs, including European programs at the University of Lyon III School of Law, Lyon, France, and Louvain Belgium, and the direction of the Louisiana Law Institute and the Louisiana Judicial College, among other initiatives.

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LSU Law School Community

LSU Law School is considered to have a
Somewhat Favorable student to faculty ratio.
The average class size for 1L sections is approximately
Average compared to other law
schools.
Student diversity at Lsu is
Below Average.

STUDENT BODY

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FACULTY STATISTICS

Full Time : 28

Part Time : 33

FACULTY

# Female Faculty : 8

# Minority Faculty : 3

RATIO

20.3 Students

1 Faculty

HOUSING OPTIONS

On Campus Housing : No

Graduate Housing : No

Law Specific Housing : No

COMPARABLESCHOOLS

LSU Law School Curriculum

The size of 1L sections affects the quality and consistency of teaching in law schools.
Generally with smaller 1L section sizes, students receive more individualized attention.
Louisiana State - Baton Rouge 1L section size is
11% larger than
law schools in Louisiana and
20% larger than
all Public law schools.

1L Section Size Comparison

LSU Law School: 79

Louisiana Average: 70

Public School
Average: 63

Positions Available in Advanced Courses

Simulation Courses : 539

Faculty Supervised Clinics : 114

Students Involved in Advanced Activities

Field Placements : 250

Law Journals : 58

Moot Court/Mock Trials : 83

Attrition Rates

First Year : 3.8%

Second Year : 0.0%

Third Year : 0.0%

Fourth Year : 0.0%

LSU Law School Employment

Deciding to attend law school requires a large financial investment with the goal of securing employment upon
graduation.
The Louisiana State - Baton Rouge class of 2013 had an employment rate of
91% with 4% pursuing an additional degree.

Employment Comparison

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In 2013, 90.4%% of students reported their
employment status 9-months after graduation.